[Socioeconomic inequality and health in Mexico].

Objective: To establish the relationship between socioeconomic inequality and health problems amongst Mexican population reviewing studies with national or regional representation.

Methods: A literature search was performed at national and international databases using the following keywords: health, disease, mental disorders, nutrition, food, social class, social status, unemployment, employment, occupation, income, wage, poverty and socioeconomic status. Reports of national or regional surveys conducted from the nineties were included.

[Risk Society and inequalities in the health of workers].

This is a reflection on the current health situation of workers, as well as a reflection on the characteristics of their care system in the context of a globalized world. In order to present this reflection, the first part is focused on the discussion of the main concepts of globalization and risk society. On the second part, and according to the conceptual framework established on the first part, a statistical perspective of workers' health around the world is suggested, emphasizing on the existing inequity between thought-to-be developed world and the developing or poor countries.

[Harassment experiences among students of health-related professional careers in Mexico].

Objective: This study focuses on the frequency with which students of health-related professional careers have perceived themselves as victims of sexual harassment, how this has occurred, and the characteristics of those students associated with that experience.

Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study, with a sample of 530 students from health-related schools at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Xochimilco in Mexico City. Statistical analysis was stratified by sex, age, race, perception of physical attractiveness, transgression of gender stereotypes, and sexual orientation.

[Popular Health Insurance: key piece of inequity in health in Mexico].

This work is aimed at presenting an analysis of the Mexican health systems current situation resulting from successive reforms which have been carried out since the 1980s. Special interest is placed on the role which the Seguro Popular de Salud (SPS--a 'popular', meaning universal, health insurance plan) has played, being a key piece in commercializing medical attention. The first part of this work thus presents the main antecedents for the changes made during the last two decades of the last century and analyses the current situation since the start of the new millennium.

[Adjustment of the Andersen's model to the Mexican context: access to prenatal care].

Unlabelled: The aim of this work was to propose an adjustment to the Model of Andersen who answers better to the social inequality of the population in the Mexico City and allows to evaluate the effect of socioeconomic factors in the access to the prenatal care of a sample stratified according to degree of marginalization.

Material And Methods: The data come from a study of 663 women, randomly selected from a framework sample of 21,421 homes in Mexico City. This work collects information about factors that affect utilization of health services, as well as predisposing factors (age and socioeconomic level), as enabling factors (education, social support, entitlement, pay out of pocket and opinion of health services), and need factors.

Computer use increases the risk of musculoskeletal disorders among newspaper office workers.

Background: Our objectives were to estimate prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among office workers at a newspaper in Mexico City, analyze the relationship between musculoskeletal disorders and use of the personal computer (PC) and associated ergonomic factors in the aforementioned population, and to analyze the modifying effect that psychosocial factors have on the relationship between ergonomic factors and musculoskeletal disorders and extant jobs at the newspaper.

Methods: A total of 73% (218 of 298) of office workers at a newspaper were studied. Information was collected by a questionnaire completed by participants.

[Risks and health problems caused by the use of video terminals].

Objective: To evaluate the association between video display terminal (VDT) use and health hazards, occupational risks, and psychosocial factors, in newspaper workers.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 1998 in a representative sample (n = 68) drawn from a population of 218 VDT operators in Mexico City. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire.